Welp, I’m SOL. Apple Korea and all it’s authorized retailers won’t exchange my phone unless there is an actual hardware issue detected through its diagnostics software... The head Apple Genius even admitted he sees that my screen is warmer, but he can’t exchange it. My carrier won’t do it either. Damn it, Korea...
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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There‘s been plenty if you are bothered to look from the start, do you want everyone to post them again just for you?
Normally Apples display phones are very cool. I noticed straight away when I went into store to check out the 12 Pro that the screens were ‘yellower’. I’ve also read a lot of reviews where they have mentioned the warmer display. So it may actually be the case for all of them this year.
I got the 12 Pro from my network provider and noticed the screen is warmer/yellow. I have also purchased a 12 Pro Max which is also warmer in tone direct from Apple.
Now it could just be my bad luck but I find it hard to believe 2 phones from separate vendors just happened to arrive at my door both with warmer screens.
Normally I would change it immediately but this year I just can’t be bothered lol. When you start playing the Apple screen lottery it drives you mad. The next screen could be worse, not just warmer but uneven i.e. top half is warm bottom cooler etc.
I did this with the 11 Pro Max last year and each time something else came up. Like the screen was fine but the stainless steel band was chipped, the next one had a mark on the glass, next one dust behind camera etc. Once you start returning you start inspecting more and find more faults lol. I returned 14 11 Pro Max last year. In the end I just gave up and skipped it.
So this year I’ve decided to just accept the first one I get and just use it. I replace my phones yearly anyway and before you know it iPhone 13 will be around the corner. Also if the warmer screen gets worse or it bothers me I’ll replace it under warranty in the next 12 months.
I’m a pretty OCD person but I’m learning to accept nothing is perfect and if you look close enough every iPhone will have a fault or some imperfection.
I got the 12 Pro from my network provider and noticed the screen is warmer/yellow. I have also purchased a 12 Pro Max which is also warmer in tone direct from Apple.
Now it could just be my bad luck but I find it hard to believe 2 phones from separate vendors just happened to arrive at my door both with warmer screens.
Normally I would change it immediately but this year I just can’t be bothered lol. When you start playing the Apple screen lottery it drives you mad. The next screen could be worse, not just warmer but uneven i.e. top half is warm bottom cooler etc.
I did this with the 11 Pro Max last year and each time something else came up. Like the screen was fine but the stainless steel band was chipped, the next one had a mark on the glass, next one dust behind camera etc. Once you start returning you start inspecting more and find more faults lol. I returned 14 11 Pro Max last year. In the end I just gave up and skipped it.
So this year I’ve decided to just accept the first one I get and just use it. I replace my phones yearly anyway and before you know it iPhone 13 will be around the corner. Also if the warmer screen gets worse or it bothers me I’ll replace it under warranty in the next 12 months.
I’m a pretty OCD person but I’m learning to accept nothing is perfect and if you look close enough every iPhone will have a fault or some imperfection.
We all have to remember that these are Samsung OLED panels which have some crazy good eye-care features baked in - Apple may just be utilising the eye-care features a little bit more which might make them slightly yellow - that and they deliberately configure this way.
I received my pacific blue iPhone 12 Pro Max yesterday. The screen looks very yellow and slightly blurrier compared to my iPhone 11 screen. I called Apple and asked for a return label. I am not spending this much money for a subpar display. I am going to wait for the iPhone 13 next year. Apple tries to save money by using these low end screens and in the long run they are only hurting their own sales. I am upset that I can’t utilize the early upgrade program now
I’ll post on here as I’m a bit of an outlier and like so much stuff from Apple and I’ve come to expect issues on launch devices. We ordered for 12 pro max units and out of them found the screens on the F2 serial numbers to have a little bit nicer white point but it is a little bit more yellow than the 11 Pro Max. The C serial number range units were close but a little bit more yellow and had a little bit of a grayish white to them which made them appear a little less bright. Probably not noticeable unless side-by-side.
The C serial numbers also had a little bit more of a color shift on them where the top had a bit of a pinkish tinge to it and a little bit more color shift when you would angle it. Being as I recently purchased several large OLED televisions from LG and have them hooked up to Apple TV 4K units, I’ve noticed when the input changes it automatically changes the color profile on the televisions to be a little bit more yellow. I’ve come to actually be more excepting of the yellow as a more natural color point and also have found on the phones I turn true tone off it looks incredibly blue. To the point that I don’t like it.
if you get a unit that at the load screen when you’re setting up appears to have the top and the bottom of the screen uniform in color and you don’t see any dead or stuck pixels at the black screen or the white screen then the chances are you would have a good unit. If you can notice in a lower light level color variances on the white screen that are incredibly distracting especially when you’re scrolling through text such as what country you’re in that is one area to check also in the dark mode scrolling through settings if you see color shift there as you scroll.
unfortunately several of these are going back because they have little pieces of debris under the screen and one of them has scuffs on the back glass out of the box disappointingly enough.
The C serial numbers also had a little bit more of a color shift on them where the top had a bit of a pinkish tinge to it and a little bit more color shift when you would angle it. Being as I recently purchased several large OLED televisions from LG and have them hooked up to Apple TV 4K units, I’ve noticed when the input changes it automatically changes the color profile on the televisions to be a little bit more yellow. I’ve come to actually be more excepting of the yellow as a more natural color point and also have found on the phones I turn true tone off it looks incredibly blue. To the point that I don’t like it.
if you get a unit that at the load screen when you’re setting up appears to have the top and the bottom of the screen uniform in color and you don’t see any dead or stuck pixels at the black screen or the white screen then the chances are you would have a good unit. If you can notice in a lower light level color variances on the white screen that are incredibly distracting especially when you’re scrolling through text such as what country you’re in that is one area to check also in the dark mode scrolling through settings if you see color shift there as you scroll.
unfortunately several of these are going back because they have little pieces of debris under the screen and one of them has scuffs on the back glass out of the box disappointingly enough.
I just worry about all the poor uninformed people that aren't on tech forums and buy a new iPhone and just use it and enjoy it and don't see these perceived defects./s
Why do you worry about them? They are the ones that buy in and Apple loves the most. But if they are happy with it then great for them. I see people throw their phones in their pockets with their car keys or lay their phones face down and those things just make me cringe. But other people they don’t think twice about it because it’s not a priority. We each have our things that are important to us or that were very particular about.
My 12 Pro Max seems to have a blue shift more at the top than bottom of the screen, so some pure color screens seem a tad blower on top and a bit warmer on bottom. Every OLED I have ever had on everything from iPhone to 77-inch LG TV has shown some degree of this color shift from one side to the other. It is endemic to the technology, it seems, and no display is ever truly perfect. until you become so used to it that the imperfections become invisible. I am still at that early stage of wondering if it will become invisible to me. The screen lottery is a special kind of obsessive hell I have fallen into since the days of CRTs that always had some uniformity issues.
Agreed, but I also think after several olds and phones, when I see a pattern of what is likely their norm, then it sets a more reasonable expectation mentally on what as a consumer I am mentally able to accept.
This is what I am starting to realise. I usually obsess over getting the perfect Apple product but it does not exist.
Doubt it. Every year we have a thread about displays that are either too warm or too cool. And with the rumors of Apple using three different suppliers (BOE, LG, and Samsung) display quality will certainly vary.
If I can get cooler colors going to the filter settings I understand that the screen is capable of doing so and therefore Apple just needs to adjust the color profile in the next update...
I took an iPhone 12 back a few days ago as I didn’t like the warm yellowish screen, picked up an iPhone 12 pro max today and that is exactly the same, both with true tone off.
When I compare them to my iPad Pro, my Oneplus 5T and my wife’s XR these all have a white screen.
I know there was a post earlier to enable the filter to make it white again which does work, but the trade off is a lower contrast and brightness screen, which is a shame.
why on earth can’t Apple just add a colour temperature slider like Android has done for years, then everyone could adjust to there own linking etc.
When I compare them to my iPad Pro, my Oneplus 5T and my wife’s XR these all have a white screen.
I know there was a post earlier to enable the filter to make it white again which does work, but the trade off is a lower contrast and brightness screen, which is a shame.
why on earth can’t Apple just add a colour temperature slider like Android has done for years, then everyone could adjust to there own linking etc.
That's not what I meant. Why aren't iPads and Macs calibrated to be yellower if it was better for our eyes? I have a OnePlus phone that uses a Samsung panel and is calibrated to be very close to my iMac and MacBook Pro (both 2019).
Because they are not Samsung panels. The latest generation Samsung OLED panels have this technology baked in so it would make sense for Apple to use it and customise it hence we are seeing this, just maybe.
“The latest offering from Samsung Display has reduced blue-light emissions and lower power consumption. Swiss certification and testing company SGS has awarded it the ‘Eye Care Display’ certification while Underwriters Laboratories has certified the display for lower blue-light emission and power consumption.”
My iPhone 12 has a reddish display which makes black text a little sharper in appearance. There is very little colour shift.
The 12 Pro Max is more yellowish and colour shifts quickly to blue/green.
I'm finding the 12 is giving me more eye strain than the Pro Max as PWM effects me.
True tone off on both as I hate it as it makes screen look tea stained.
The 12 Pro Max is more yellowish and colour shifts quickly to blue/green.
I'm finding the 12 is giving me more eye strain than the Pro Max as PWM effects me.
True tone off on both as I hate it as it makes screen look tea stained.